Jennie
Slick: Master Weaver
| Jennie is currently accepting commissions for Burntwater, Ganado Red, Germantown, Wide Ruins and Two Grey Hills weavings at $100 per square foot using Burnham's size 1 yarns and at $150 per square foot using Burnham's finer size 2 yarns. Rugs intended for use on the floor, like one that that Jennie is weaving in the picture above are woven using size 1. Jennie reserves the use of the finer yarns to smaller detailed pieces intended for wall display. The yarn to be used will be determined prior to the pricing of your commission. Please contact Mary Walker via email at mary.walker@weavinginbeauty.com or phone at 602-370-2875 to arrange a conference with Jennie to discuss your requirements. Fifty percent of the total commission is due at the start of weaving and the remainder is due when the weaving is completed. Buyer pays shipping and insurance costs. All funds go directly to Jennie, and no portion is retained by Weaving in Beauty. Jennie weaves approximately one square foot per day when she is able to weave full time. She will estimate your delivery date based on her current backlog. As of October 20, 2006 Jennie has 120 days of backlog, and is able to start new projects in March of 2007 | |
Master weaver Jennie Slick surrounded by her family and some of the weavings she has created. Clockwise from the top left, a Germantown sampler, a detail of a fine Burntwater weaving, Jennie with her granddaughter and mother, a Burntwater weaving on the loom, a Ganadao Red rug, and a Germantown sampler.  |
About Jennie...... Jennie Slick is a master Navajo weaver whose work has
appeared in American Indian Textiles
by Gregory Schaaf, The Weaver’s Way by Carter and Dodie Allen and
Southwestern Indian Weaving by Mark Bahti. Jennie is born for the Coyote Pass People (her
maternal clan) and born to the Red Running into Water People (her paternal
clan). She has been weaving since she
was 16 years old and is at least a third generation weaver. She has been weaving professionally to
support her family since 1979. Jennie’s favorite rug pattern
is Burntwater. “That’s where my Dad
comes from, Jennie demonstrated weaving at R.B. Burnham Trading Co. in
Sanders, AZ in the late 1990’s and began teaching occasional weaving
classes. She was since taught for the
High Country Fiber Arts Retreat in Heber, AZ, Jennie lives in Jennie’s goal is to bring the harmony of Navajo weaving and culture to as many people as possible through her classes and rugs. |
